Top of Hoover Dam during construction

Metadata

Title

Top of Hoover Dam during construction

Digital Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

Original Date

1935-11-26

Description

Shows the road approaching Hoover Dam from the Nevada side and the top of the dam during construction. Note the rubble wall being built and excavation for tower footings. Trucks, hoisting machinery, and cables with trams are visible. The intake towers can be seen behind the dam.

This file is derived from a high-resolution (300 dpi, 24-bit) uncompressed TIFF image that was scanned from the original using a HP Scanjet 4670 scanner with HP Scanning 2.3.1 scanning software, default color configuration. The TIFF files were converted into the JPEG2000 format.

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